People traffiking is wrong

Last night, the young people at St John's led a service on the theme of STOP THE TRAFFIK. This innovative and exciting service used DVDs, drama, music and prayer stations to help people reflect on and respond to the campaign to stop people being bought and sold. During the response time in the service, the congregation were invited, among other activities, to: sign the global declaration and fix it to a freedom wall; send a letter to retailers of chocolate about fairtrade; and break a paper chain and write a prayer on it.

During the service Sian Evens said: "People trafficking is the world’s fastest growing illegal trade. People are trafficked across borders at the rate of one every minute of every day. We hope that this service will show the evil of people trafficking and that stopping it is God’s will."

Rachel Page said: "God is concerned about the suffering of people who are trafficked and wants to send people like us to rescue them. We might feel a lot like Moses when we hear that and wonder who are we to change things but God says to us just what he said to Moses, “I have sent you and I will be with you.”

Richard Guest said: "If we are prepared to call for the sale of people to be prevented, for traffickers to be prosecuted, and for those trafficked to be protected then we can see that freedom and release come in our generation and will know that we have walked in Jesus’ footsteps."

STOP THE TRAFFIK is a global coalition fighting against people trafficking, which is the world’s fastest growing illegal crime. The global declaration says 'People trafficking is wrong. I support STOP THE TRAFFIK in its call to: PREVENT THE TRADE OF PEOPLE; PROTECT THE TRAFFICKED; PROSECUTE THE TRAFFICKERS.' This Declaration will form part of a global petition to the United Nations and National Governments.

Young people at St John's are taking the lead in highlighting the evil of people trafficking to our church and community. Our events have been designed to raise awareness of this issue and to call for changes that will prevent the trade of people, prosecute the traffickers and protect the trafficked.

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